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2. Cheval mirror - Wikipedia

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   The cheval comes from the French: cheval, "horse". Different explanations are given for the reason of its use: "horse" is a name for the adjustment pulley; [1] [2] cheval in a meaning of support framework (cf. French: chevalet, "easel"); [4] overall bulkiness and heavy weight; [5] large mirror size that allowed a horse to be seen in its ...

3. Louis XIV furniture - Wikipedia

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   Oak veneered with pewter, brass, tortoise shell, horn, ebony, ivory, and wood marquetry; bronze mounts; figures of painted and gilded oak; drawers of snakewood (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles) The furniture of Louis XIV was massive and lavishly covered with sculpture and ornament of gilded bronze in the earlier part of the personal rule of ...

4. Mirror of Great Britain - Wikipedia

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   The jewel was described in a 1606 inventory as follows: Item, a greate and riche jewell of gould called the MIRROR OF GREAT BRITTAINE, containing one very faire table diamonde, one very faire table rubie, two other diamonds cut lozengwise, the one of them called the stone of the letter H. of SCOTLANDE, garnished with small diamonds, two rounde pearles fixed, and one fayre diamond cut in ...

5. Armoire de fer - Wikipedia

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   Skeleton of Mirabeau coming out of the armoire de fer. L'armoire de fer (French: 'iron chest') in general refers to an iron chest used to house important papers. A notable and frequent use of the term refers to a hiding place at the apartments of Louis XVI of France at the Tuileries Palace where some secret documents were kept.

6. Louvre - Wikipedia

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   Louis XIV style cabinet on stand; by André Charles Boulle; c. 1690 –1710; oak frame, resinous wood and walnut, ebony veneer, tortoiseshell, brass and pewter marquetry, and ormolu Louis XVI style commode of Madame du Barry ; 1772; oak frame, veneer of pearwood, rosewood and kingwood, soft-paste Sèvres porcelain , gilded bronze, white marble ...

7. Cheval - Wikipedia

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   Cheval may refer to: Cheval, Florida, United States; Cheval tree, a tree native to North Agalega Island; Cheval mirror, a full-length floor-standing mirror mounted in a frame that allows it to swing freely; Cheval, loan word from French meaning horse meat